Free Classes

contributed by Michael G. at 05:08 PM on April 02, 2004.

The National Training Center and Clearinghouse offers free classes on the use of a wide variety of databases and other resources from the National Library of Medicine (including PubMed). The classes are conducted at numerous sites throughout the country with dates listed as far ahead as December. And, if you'll allow me to mention again, the classes are completly free.

Feedback on NARA eGov policies saught

contributed by Michael G. at 04:17 PM on March 17, 2004.

The Electronic Records Policy Working Group is inviting interested persons to provide their written views on issues relating to implementing section 207(e)(1)(A) of the E-Government Act of 2002. That section calls for ``the adoption by agencies of policies and procedures to ensure that chapters 21, 25, 27, 29, and 31 of title 44, United States Code, are applied effectively and comprehensively to Government information on the Internet and to other electronic records.''

The Working Group is seeking feedback on the following topics in their meetings and this notice.

Protect public information

contributed by Thomas L. at 03:48 PM on February 10, 2004.

Keeping up with intellectual property law pointed me to this:

The Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act. This is a seemingly harmless bit of legislation aimed at protecting people's hard work - but it could be used to eventually close to the public a large amount of information that is now freely accessible online. I won't go into a total information is the right of man to his own self tirade... but I will point to the direction of Public Knowledge.org's Public Action to send a fax to your Representative and Committee Leadership, telling them why they should oppose H.R. 3261.

Link awareness through Copyfight.org
Other must reads through Electronic Frontier Federation

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New facilities for GPO

contributed by Michael G. at 01:58 PM on February 10, 2004.

I like the currentPublic Printer of the United States, Bruce James. He seems a very forward thinking sort of fellow, and in his year and a half as Public Printer, has run the Governmenr Printing Office (GPO) like the business it is suposed to be. James will announce plans later today for a new, modern facility for the GPO.

Mission to Baghdad: Toward Rebuilding a National Library

contributed by Michael G. at 02:58 PM on February 09, 2004.

In November of last year the U.S. Library of Congress sent two librarians two Iraq. Their mission was to assist the staff of the Iraqi National Library to assess damage the to it's building and collections after fires, water damage, and explosions.

Watch this video presentation of the two librarians discussing their experience in Iraq - Mission to Baghdad: Toward Rebuilding a National Library.